High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saifuddin Aibak succeeded Alauddin Jani as the governor of Bengal. According to Minhajuddin, Saifuddin Aibak captured a lot of elephants after a successful expedition in eastern Bengal. According to "Riyaz al-Salatin", Saifuddin Aibak was assassinated by an ambitious courtier named Awar Khan Aibak. After removing Malik Balkha Khilji from power sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish appointed Alauddin Jani, a Turk, as the governor of Bengal. Alauddin Jani ruled Bengal only for a year. He was succeeded by Saifuddin Aibak.